Tagged: home office

Floating around the office of late has been an extraordinary old book filled with even older postcards and snippets, some dating as far back as the 1870′s. The lucky owner of this beautiful book is our Senior Knits Designer, Gianna. The book had been passed from friend to friend for many years, with each of (…) Read more »

Here is our behind the scenes look at the Free People Home Office in Philadelphia. This video shows our three summer trends for 2008. Peace Corps Prep: Inspired by girls in the peace corps traveling in India. Everything But a Flower: A collection of new and vintage geometric patterns and shapes. Mayan: Inspired by the (…) Read more »

Here is Rosie!! and a note from her owner… I was actually on the hunt for an English Bulldog, but came upon Rosie and loved her immediately! I wanted a female dog I could name Rosie Ruby, and when I saw her, she looked like a Rosie Ruby to me. She is my first dog (…) Read more »

Last week was Mill Week. Once a year we invite all of our fabric mills to visit the office so they can get a better sense of what FP is all about, meet with the designers and production team, and take a look at what we are working on. One of our vendors brought a (…) Read more »

A few people asked how they can buy the FP tutus from the photo I posted. We do not have them for sale, but Luren from the display team has some tips. To make these tutus, Luren used camisoles from past FP collections and petticoats she found on the internet. But you can make your (…) Read more »

So, no one in the home office dresses alike or wears the same outfit-ever. However, one thing we all can agree on is how much we love the We The Free line. We noticed how popular the sweatshirts and tees were in the home office so we started to document everyone rocking their WTF. Some (…) Read more »

Meet Indiana Jones. Indie is a sweet boy who plays nicely with all of the other Free People dogs and comes to work almost every day. Indie belongs to Erin, who is the Associate Designer for Prints and Colors. This means that Erin and Indie work on the print artwork for all Free People apparel. (…) Read more »

Courtney and Lizzy made some beautiful marbled papers for our “trend walls.” As the designers are developing a trend, they designate a wall in the hallway where they post all kinds of inspirational images, artwork, magazine tears, trims, etc. You’ll have to wait a few months to see what comes of the trend with the (…) Read more »

*First name: Luren *How long have you worked at Free People? Close to 2 years *Tell me about your job: I draw on the walls at the new Free People stores during the openings, mostly in the fitting rooms. I design the seasonal visual display that goes to all the stores with my team, which (…) Read more »

I know you’ve met some of the home office pets in the past (see here and here) but it’s been a while. There are some new faces and they want some attention! Jack was a rescue dog from Morris Animal Shelter in Philadelphia. Word was that he was poisoned at the age of 4 months (…) Read more »

Here is one more mix CD from the Urban Outfitters Home Office Swap. This was made by Meredith, the Allocation Analyst for the Free People stores! (If you’re wondering what that means, Meredith figures out how many units of each size and color of a style get shipped to each store. She analyzes all kinds (…) Read more »

Here is Heather’s mix for the Urban Outfitters Home Office Vday mix CD swap. She is the Free People Direct Operations Manager. Message from Heather… “Here’s my play list for the Valentines CD Exchange. One requirement for inclusion was that all songs had to be “old enough to drink” so all of the tracks are (…) Read more »